Natural hazards · Grand Chute

Grand Chute, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grand Chute comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2001. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Grand Chute?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grand Chute to be higher than in 2% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves33%Tornadoes17%Hail7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Grand Chute faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Grand Chute flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Grand Chute, from FEMA’s records.

3paid claims since 2001

$106Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20012026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Grand Chute isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Outagamie County.

Disasters that hit Grand Chute

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Grand Chute itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Grand Chute.

Brought FEMA money into Grand ChuteDeclared for Outagamie County only

2019

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$100K to the Town of Grand Chute for repairs

2001

Flooding, Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$34K to the Town of Grand Chute for repairs

Outagamie County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Grand Chute

Grand Chute and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fox Crossingmostly inland floodingModerate

Freedommostly inland floodingVery low

Centermostly inland floodingVery low

Vandenbroekmostly inland floodingVery low

Greenvillemostly inland floodingVery low

Appletonmostly cold wavesVery low

Little Chutemostly inland floodingVery low

Grand Chutemostly inland floodingVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Grand Chute covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grand Chute’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Grand Chute. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Grand Chute total about $8.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.